At the U.N., Trump Lays Out a Winner-Takes-All Vision of U.S. Power
President Trump spoke at the United Nations on Tuesday, threatening to “annihilate the Islamic republic” if a deal to end the war against Iran did not come to pass. Credit... Dave Sanders for The New York Times President Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly amounted to a rejection of the founding concept of the United Nations. The New York Times , Sept 22 JB: There is a slight mention of Ukraine in the speech *** The NYT article, written by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and David E. Sanger , notes "Mr. Trump’s speech was also a pivot from his past remarks to the U.N. , which were spent insulting world leaders and scolding them on their own policies. 'Your countries are going to hell,' Mr. Trump said from the podium last year."